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Consider approving Resolution No. 2019-04 authorizing the first amendment to consolidated Public Safety Communications and Dispatch Operations with the City of Carrollton, Town of Addison, City of Coppell, North Texas Emergency Communications Center (NTECC); and take appropriate action
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BACKGROUND:
In January 2015, the City of Farmers Branch, City of Carrollton, Town of Addison, City of Coppell and North Texas Emergency Communications Center (NTECC) entered into a Consolidated Public Safety Communications Services agreement to provide Public Safety Dispatch services to the Cities. The proposed amendment is based on unanticipated delays and as a result, conflicts with Section 4.02 of the Agreement relating to the cost allocation amongst the Cities. (Section 4.02 of the Agreement provides for the allocation of the Cities' shared funding NTECC's Annual Expense Budget and the periodic adjustment of that allocation.)
The NTECC's board of directors, consisting of the Cities' city managers, has requested that Section 4.02 of the Agreement be amended to reflect the Cities' original intent.
Below is the proposed amendments to Section 4.02:
1. 4.02 Cities' Share of Annual Expense Budget. For providing Public Safety Communications Services to the Cities by NTECC under this Agreement, each City agrees to pay NTECC an amount equal to a portion of NTECC's Annual Expense Budget determined as follows:
(a) Years 0 through 4: For the period commencing on April 1, 2014 (notwithstanding that such date precedes the Effective Date of this Agreement), and ending on the last day of the fourth (4th) complete Fiscal Year following the date NTECC commences providing Public Safety Communications Services to the Cities, the Cities' agree to pay NTECC an amount equal to the following percentages of NTECC's Annual Expense Budget (excluding the Radio System Service Charges and the Denco PSAP Charges):
(1) Addison: 19%
(2) Carrollton: 36%
(3) Coppell...
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